Improvement in fruit and alcohol stills



LAQGAMPBBLL` `FRUIT AND 'ALCOHOL STILL.

No. 105,547. y m l:Patellt'el'July 19, 1870.

INVENTOR; Y XMMU um (infn.

` W'ITNESSES".

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einem i JAMES ,A1

To 'all whom it 'may concern:`

certain new and useful Improvements in Fruit and ing and to the lettersof `reference marked thereon,

` Figurel is a front view of 'the distillingapparatus complete, showingthe conhcctionbetween ,the differgenerator.'V

y Y `Figure4 is a vertical sectional view of t-he still. l

i torn of the still.

' within the boiler, as to insure' a sale Vcolmection no `to haveindicated by an overflow-pipe when the boiler i faucet; or, if desired,one consisting of adoublelcross,A

same with a perforated diaphragm or false bottom on ,aan eineoAiiIrBELL;V .for nooKINeHAM o oUNfrY; VIRGINIA", As'sIeNoR aropHtMsELr, JOHN w. einem; AND r. PHARES.

kLetters Patent No. 15,547, lated July 19, 1870.

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The Schedule reforrdto inthe'se Letters Patent making part of the same*Be, it rnownthat I, Janes A. CAMPBELL, creeerrnghani county andState` otVirginia,haveY invented Alcoholic `Stills; andI do` hereby declare thatthe following is va full, clear, iand exact description of 'the same,reference being had to 'the'accompanying drawniaking part of thisspecification, in which*` entteatures;` i

Figure 2 is a 'vertical sectional view of the boiler or Figur 3 is avertical sectional view of the worm.;

` Figureis a plan viewot` the .perforated-i false4 boti Thenatureoffiny-invention consists in so fat-tach# mg the cap to `theboileror generator by means of vertical rods, having their bearing in a platesecured y matter what the prcssureot' steam may he, said rodsbeingprovided with screw-threads to receive the taps or nuts.

My invention, also, consists in providing the boiler or generator with aseries, of` pipes, so arranged that I am enabled to fill the boiler bythe natural flow of the water, thus, dispensing with the force-pump;also,

is suiciently supplied, and to disclose the instant the water is soexhausted as to fallbelow a given point..

Myinvention, also, consists in providing the cap of t the boiler orgenerator with a cross-shaped tube or whereby the distiller is enabledat 4the same time yto feed or supply with steam either one, two, or fourstills'.

My invention, also, consists in constructing the main vessel of thestill of wood, and providing' the which the fruit or mash is to beplaced, and a copperv cap, whereby `I obtain all the advantages incidentto the copper distillation.

The lsteamgenerator, still, and vessel containing the worm, are "allconnected by the goosemeck pipesl or vapor-duct in the usual manner. I

The" advantages resulting from this construction and arrangement of`apparatus will readily suggest themselves .to all nfamiliar withthe'artto which it appertains. y l

,'.lh'e fruit, grani, or mash, not being placed in what is generallyused as the singling still, and'which alone is subjected to the directaction of the heat, thebrandy `or .other liquor is never burned, and,consequently,

the purity ot its flavor is never destroyed.

' Again, my still is' so easily kept clean, asthe 'ina-g' terial out ofwhich the alcohol is to he eXtracted,being placed directly on theperforated bottom,so` soonl as its strength has heen'exhausted, thesamecan he removed and 'the'still is cleansed.

- Anotlrergreat advantage of my invention is found in its cheapness.simplicity, and durability, and the readinesswith whichthesteam-generator can be attached to and made to run two or more stillswith the saine facility it would run one.

'lof" enable others skilled in the vart to make and use my invention,Iwill now proceed4 to describe its construction and operation.

A is the main body of the boiler or steam-generator, and, like its cap,B, is made of copper, o'r` any other suitable material, and of anydesired form.A

A' is a hearing-plate, and is secured at or near the' mouth of theboiler or generator A. To this platejA' gre secured two vertical rods,areas clearly shown in' 0". 2.- Y aBy means of (the screw-,threads a?azcut o n the ends of these rods a a, and the tapsl ornut @"a, the mainAbody of the-generator A and its cap B are securely bolted together, sothat,'no matter whatthehcight or pressure of the steam may be, all'dangerV of accident.

resulting from the blowing off of the cap 'is securelyA guarded against.v

O is a cylinder or tubernnning horizontally through the generator, asshown in section 4in iig, 2, and by dotted lines in fig. l. One or moreof these pipes may be introduced and so connectedby flue, or equivalentdevice, with the furnace under the generator or boiler A, thatacontinuous current of heated'air shall constantlypas's through thebody-of water, and thus facilitate the generation of ste am.j` Thesepipes may be, if desired, connected by elbows or supplied by independentdues. lhey may, also, be ot' any desired dimension, but'I usuallyconstruct them about nine inches in diameter, which furnishestwenty-'seven inches heating-surface for each cylinder' or tube.

O'is a discharge-tube, by means of which the water is drawn `from thegenerator at pleasure. y

D is a tube or pipe, by` means of which the water is fed to thegenerator.

Dl is a tube or pipe which indicates, by the escapo of steam, when thewater in the boiler or generator is too low, and by means of which thecrown-sheet can `be kept from becoming overheated, and explosion fromthis cause guarded against. 1f desired, this t'uhe or pipe may besuppliedwit-h an alarm-whistle.

D2 is a'short pipe inserted near the mouth of the generator A, and, byits overflow, indicates when the generator is sniiiciently full.

B' 1s a cross-shaped'tube which -is inserted in apipe, b, securedl in anopening in the top of thecap, and to.

` Gis acopper cap inserted iu which the vapor, as fast as from which,through the goose-neck orva'por-duct E', it is conveyed to thecondensing h2 is a short tube secured to the top of the cap G,l

which the goose-neck or vapor-ductE is attached, and by means of whichthe .steam is conveyed from the generator to the still F. This `tube maybe in the form of a double reverse cross, when the generator can readilybe'attached to and made to supply four stills instead of `one' or two.

The short horizontal tubes e e, to one of which the goose-neck E isdirectly attached, are provided with cocks or faucets, c e', hy means ofwhich the steam can bc shut od" at pleasure.

F is the still, and may be made of any suitable ma ferial. I prefer tomake it of Wood. This still' F- is provided with a. perforated falsebottom, F', shown in plan view, g. 1.

This false hottom F' is held by suitable supports a short distance abovethe bottoni of the still F, and

above and clear of the opening f, at which the goose-` ncck E meets andis attached to the still, so that the steam shall all be cansedtoenter'under the 'false bottom.

,thevessel F, and in mated, gathers,` and worm H.

land to which the vapor-duct 4E is attached.

his a short tube connected with the upper section of the worm H, andthrough which the vapor from the distillation of the fruit, or, grain,`isi-receivedv from the gooseneck E'. n Y

In passing through the worm H, the vapor', hccouiQ ing condensed, isdrawn oli at h. y

1:1 is 'an ordinary condensing-worm, and is secured in the water-vesselH' in the usual manner- Thc operation is as follows: l The fruit, grain,or mash, being properly prepared, is placed on the false bottom F. ThehoilerA` is placed over a suitable furnace, and subjected to the ydirect action of its heat, the heated air at the same' time passingthrough the cylinder or tube Gina con# `tinuous current, and thusinaterially assisting in heat ing the water.A v

The cock orlfaueet e" in the pipe e, to which the goose-neck E isattached, is.A opened, so that, as soon as the steam is generated, it isconveyed to the still F, and, entering under the false bottom F', passesup through itsperforations, driving all the vapor gener-- ated from thefruit, or. grain, into the copper cap G; thus furnishing au exceedinglycheap and sirnple device which will impart to the brandy, or otherliquor,

What I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is+- 1. -The generator A, having a series of pipes, DD? D?, and cap B, when said generator and cap are connested by verticalrods a a and nuts a a. or their equivalent, substantially as described.

2. The generator A., cap B, and tube B', when the latter-is soconstructed as to enable the steam to be y fed to two or more stills,substantially as described.

' 3f The vessel F, when constructed of wood, or other like material,false i t om F', and copper' cap G when the same are combi and arrangedsubstantially as described, as and for the purpose specified;

In testimony' whereof I have signed my name to this specification i thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. m

Witnessesz' JAMES A. CAMPBELL.

0. W. SrrNE'sPRiNe, WM. MaK. Frsnnscs.

